Air Strike

As a U.S. Army colonel trains Chinese aviators to battle Japanese fighters, a hotheaded pilot begs to fly a powerful bomber that could stop the attacks. Meanwhile, a team of spies and refugees must carry a game-changing decoder device through the war-torn countryside.

This movie is best described as a Made in China movie whose main market would be the aisle of the Dollar Store. Asian vs Asian (China vs Japan) with an weak story-line, laughable voice dubbing ala Godzilla and an “action” figure (Bruce Willis) who’s arms and legs break off in the first scene. I watched it for the computer generated battle scenes and the rampant bombing scenes and subsequent mayhem created by the Japanese Air Force gave it some appeal. It reassures us that China didn’t steal any of the secrets of film making from the US and to borrow a famous quote “if you film it, they will come, would be dubbed, "they should run, Ray, people should most definitely run” This gets a minus star rating.

Pay attention to the 1.5 star rating. Too bad we can give a bad movie a rating in negative numbers, cause this one would hardly be worthy of even that. Blame it on the huge cultural gaps between film styles from Asia to the U.S. — emotional moments are overblown, romance is gooey sweet and action episodes are cheesy. We spent most of the time in choking knee-slapping laughter, particularly when a pilot landed a hobbled fighter plane onto the bed of a two ton truck. And hey, Bruce Willis, please surrender your acting credentials. If this the best you have left, thrown in your cards.